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Article: America Online Searches for Mayor for its Digital City Philadelphia.(Originated from The Philadelphia Inquirer)
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
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- April 17, 1996
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PHILADELPHIA--Apr. 17--Is this town big enough for two mayors, even if one of them rules only in cyberspace?
America Online thinks so.
The Virginia-based commercial online service is searching for someone to serve as the first mayor of Digital City Philadelphia, a new area on its 5.5-million-member computer landscape of virtual malls and chat rooms.
"Only somebody who understands what the city is all about is going to be able to be the mayor of Digital City Philadelphia," AOL spokeswoman Judy Tashbook said Tuesday.
Don't expect a vote on it, though, and even Mayor Rendell need not apply, since the digital mayor -- whose job will be to manage ...